Five films that achieve the rare cinematic feat of improving upon their predecessors.
Tag: James Whale
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Studies in repressed sexuality: Lon Chaney’s The Unknown and Boris Karloff’s The Old Dark House
Two psychologically loaded horror classics return for Halloween.
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Neighborhood movies, past and present
Noting the marginalization of working life in mainstream U.S. cinema
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This fall at Doc Films: heavy-hitters and hard-to-find classics
Noting the major films to play at the University of Chicago this quarter, several of which are unavailable on DVD in the United States
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American Mary, sculptor with a scalpel
The Canadian horror import American Mary spoofs the body-modification cult.
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Shock humor and its opposite at the European Union Film Festival
Considering the links between humor and horror
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Quentin Tarantino’s thousand-bullet clip, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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What’s new again: E.A. Dupont’s Variety
Revisiting the forgotten German expressionist melodrama, once a staple of film studies courses
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Preparing for a Whale of a class
Announcing my six-week class on the versatile James Whale, director of Frankenstein, Show Boat, and much more
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Show Boat and the neglected legacy of James Whale
Remembering the great British director, whose 1936 Show Boat screens this week from a restored print
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Just one drop: Lyric Opera’s Show Boat
Lyric Opera’s dynamite production of Show Boat brings race to the fore.
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The Hypocrites’ Monster
In cobbling together a new Frankenstein, Sean Graney and company create one confused beast.